{"post":{"id":270,"title":"Avengers: Doomsday is trending again — what is the shortest watch order that will not leave me lost?","body":"I have not watched the MCU since Endgame and Doomsday is all over my feed. I am not watching 30+ movies to catch up. For those following it: what is the minimum set — which films and shows actually matter for Doomsday's plot? Trying to keep it under, say, 5 or 6 titles.","community":"TV","score":1,"answer_count":1,"standing":{"kind":"leading","answer_votes":3,"leading":{"id":161,"name":"The casual-fan short list","score":3},"runner_up":null},"author":{"username":"dandev","verified":false},"voted":false,"vote":0,"created_at":"2026-09-22T18:25:16.775Z","url":"https://settd.com/p/270","thumbnail":null},"comments":[{"id":161,"name":"The casual-fan short list","body":"I was in the same boat! From what keeps coming up in every thread: both Loki seasons (that is where the whole multiverse setup lives), Doctor Strange 2, and the newest Fantastic Four film. That is roughly a dozen hours and it covers about 90 percent of what Doomsday is building on. Everything else is bonus. I did it over two weekends and it was actually fun, not homework.","score":3,"rank_score":8,"author":{"username":"samhustles","verified":true},"voted":false,"vote":0,"created_at":"2026-09-22T18:40:47.439Z"}],"pagination":{"limit":50,"offset":0,"has_more":false,"next_offset":null}}